Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 11 Matchups, In-or-Out, #FootClan Friday

The Green Bay wide receivers. How would you put them in order between Cobb, Adams, and Nelson? I would go Nelson, Adams, Cobb. Okay. And you're confident in Adams. It sounds like Cobb, you'd still roll him out there as well. I'd be willing to. I don't love him solely because he's not at full health, but I definitely think I would be willing. Really important. Mike is asking. Is there any chance that he gets on the field this week? I think there's very little chance he gets on the field.

And if he gets on the field, I don't think he's going to do much. You've got James Starks, who knows the offense, who is healthy, who is already there. I mean... Is there any chance he does a lot for the sake of our show? So that when Mike comes back, Kristen Michaels, relevant again. So Mike leaves, he's waived, signed, and then relevant again. Is there a chance that Mike's dreams come true? I don't think so. I mean, yeah, there's a chance. He's already been signed. He's done some parts of that, but...

This is a depth play. Chris and Michael is a talented running back. They have no running backs on the roster that are healthy. So, yeah, make a waiver claim and get him in, but he doesn't know the system yet. And you saw that, right? They traded for Nile Davis. But he didn't know the system. And he came in and he was returning some kicks.

And I think he got a carry or two. And so, you know, that's what Chris and Michael. Maybe they'll throw him out there for a play or two and see what he could do. Maybe he takes that one play and breaks it to the house. Tell me, I'm going to tell you a prediction that I have for this game. I think James Starks, since we're actually going to speak about the relevant running back in the situation. I think James Starks could have a very, very good game. The Washington Redskins have given up 1.4 rushing touchdowns per game, which is almost dead last in the league.

That is, and they're going to be in the red zone. Green Bay is going to be moving the ball. They're 23rd against the run. The Redskins are for fantasy, so that's not very good. I think Starks gets in the end zone again. I mean, last week he scored on a passing touchdown. I think he takes the majority of the snaps. It's another week to get healthy. I think he's a really good play this week. I'd put him in the running back two category, and I feel pretty confident about that. Yeah, there's a lot of narratives that make that make sense. Plus, we have seen him have big fantasy games. Starks is not coming out of nowhere.

Starks is not like, okay, well, who is this guy? We don't know. He's been valuable for the Packers for years. And hopefully he's healthy enough to get involved. And if we're right about the wide receivers, that the points are going to be flowing, the Washington run defense is not a scary thing. I can be happy with James Starks play. All right. Let's talk Monday night football in Mexico City. Wait, wait, wait.

You didn't get to throw your shade on Rob Kelly. A lot of Rob Kelly owners. Oh, I'm sorry. We did completely forget that. And we also kind of skipped Carlos Hyde back in the day. Back in the day. Back in the day. Like a few minutes ago. Yeah. Way back in the day. So let's talk about just those two players real quick. Okay. Well, I named some guys that start overhide. I'll tell you that. I'm not, I don't feel very good about Carlos Hyde. Patriots run defense is pretty good.

You know, if you're in that decision-making position with Carlos Hyde, some guys I would start ahead of him, Doug Martin. I'd start Robert Kelly. Oh, okay. So that brings us here. So Robert Kelly, you kind of... No, I would not start Robert Kelly ahead of him. I changed my mind. No, they're in that same category. I start Jordan Howard ahead of Hyde, Latavius Murray, but no, not Robert Kelly. Robert Kelly, I would put him at the back of the RB2 category this week.

Okay, that's fair. I didn't know how big your shade was because look, Green Bay's got a very good run defense. And a very... Starts over. Yeah, that makes sense. When you've got a team that's so bad at, you know, stopping the pass and they're good at stopping the run, you just kind of end up throwing the ball. Like, why wouldn't you? That being said, I have seriously been impressed with the film that I've watched on Rob Kelly. When I watch, I'm just thinking...

He picked, not like, oh my gosh, this guy's amazing, but I go, he should have gone down there and he got two or three extra yards every play. You know, we've shared the stat that, you know, in over 100 carries, he's only been stopped in the backfield two times. That's great. Yeah, I mean, he's what you want from a solid. So you'd be willing to start him as that RB2. Two, three cusp, right? Gotcha. So.

Running backs are hard to come by. So Monday night football, Mexico City, the Texans, the Raiders. What do you think about this game? Because I know it's my... Andy's almost upset of the week. Wow. I just think the Raiders is six-point favorites. You know, they're the home team, quote, unquote, but they're not, right? This game's on in Mexico City. I think that that's a really...

Big line for Oakland. Obviously, they're playing well. The Texans are technically division leaders. I just... You just have all... You just have the faith in Brock. I have the faith in this 31st ranked passing defense that the Raiders have, that they're going to make it as easy on Brock to get as confidence back as possible. So I think with the way that they're... You know, the Texans are a great passing defense. They're the third best in the league. To me...

That's the strength, right? Carr can distribute to Cooper. He can distribute to Crabtree. I think it gets nullified enough for the Texans to sneak this game away. It's a 46 point over under. It's not a super high one. It's right in the middle. I'm taking it as my almost upset. All right. I can see the almost upset because of the six point line in what could end up being a somewhat lower scoring game. But I don't have the faith in Brock.

You know, DeAndre Hopkins is still startable as a, as a, you know, that flex type of option, but he's not a wide receiver one here, even against the 31st rank, or past D. Here's what I expect to see happen, to be completely honest. Who did the Raiders play last week? You remember? The Denver Broncos, right? And how did that game go? They ran the ball. It was one of those games where.

It was not the same Raiders that we have seen this year that's kind of airing it out and going Hogwild, going super high scores. Well, you can't do that against the Broncos. Right. And you can't do that against Houston. And that's what I'm saying. Sure. So I expect them to have the same kind of game plan. I don't think this is a Derek Carr game. I think this is a Latavius Murray. You would not start car? Well, I mean, he's probably for me outside my top 12.

But he's not bad. I'm not saying, you know, you can't start car. But I don't love this matchup. I don't think he's going to, you know, go off. You know, last week you had... Two weeks ago, by the way, is when they played the Bronco. They had the buy. Yes, their last game that they played. And I remember thinking this...

the game plan that they had and looking at the schedule saying this upcoming game against Houston, I think they could implement a very, very similar game plan, which does say, I mean, Amari Cooper, right? He was only 6 for 56. Michael Crabtree was 2 for 27. And the reason was because you had the run game working, right? You had 20 for 114 and 3 for Latavius Murray, and you've still got another great passing defense across the field for the Texans.

And the Texans running defense is 26th. I'm just saying you've got a very similar possibility as a matchup. That's how I see it. I'm not saying you're not going to start Michael Crabtree or Amari Cooper. I'm not saying you can't start Derek Carr. I am saying start Latavius Murray in this game. I have a lot of confidence in him personally. And I could see this game being lower scoring, which helps you're almost upset of the week. Lamar Miller, you're rolling him out there. How do you feel?

reflections on Lamar Miller, week 11 of the fantasy season. Where are you drafted him? I know you're an owner. So talk to me about. Well, he was one of- Lamar Miller. And talk to talk about him, not just how you feel about him now, but how you feel about him moving forward and as a dynasty guy. Yeah, he was my guy, right? I chose him this year as, as my guy. And he has been a major disappointment. And it's funny to say that because right now he's sitting as the number 12 running back. He's an RB one.

But you're very disappointed with him because he hasn't, he's actually been rather consistent as opposed to having these big monstrous games that you see out of like a DeMarco Murray. And so you look at Lamar Miller and you're just, eh, disappointed. But most of the time he's double digits in his fantasy games. Going forward, both long term and rest of season, I think his projection is as good as it has been going backwards, as in I'm not.

You've seen Lamar Miller's snap counts go down over the last few weeks, but part of that has come with the injury to his shoulder. I don't expect him to continue trending down. He actually has a very good playoff schedule. The Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Cincinnati for the playoffs. So I like him this year. I think he's going to help people in those fantasy weeks. And as a dynasty owner, he's still a young guy.

You know, he signed this year with them at age 24, and their offense looks like it's got problems. And their offensive line has not been good. If they can improve that this offseason, Lamar Miller has the role and the work. They're not going to go out and get another running back this off season. They, you know, they drafted Tyler Irvin this year. I think Lamar Miller is very safe. That's my outlook on him. Disappointing but safe. All right. I can get behind that.

Disappointing but safe. That RB12, all I do is picture Frank Gore. I know. I don't know why he's not. You think Gore is upset that he doesn't have RB12 right now? I don't think so because I believe he's RB9. Yeah, he doesn't like that though. No, that's true. He's like, I'm number 12. What are you doing with my spot? Why doesn't Gore wear number 12? Right, right, just to let it known. Yeah, just look, I'm RB12.

All right. No daily dose on the show today. So if you're waiting for Chris Meaney, I'm sorry. But we do have two DFS articles up on the website, The Fantasy Footballers.com by Brandon Sanders and Ben Cummins. So you can go rely on their advice for your Fandual, Draft Kings, that type of DFS type of pick this week. And so we bid you farewell. We thank you for joining us on this completely verified week of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Make sure you follow us on Twitter at the FF Ballers and get Mike.

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